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Fela Kuti - No Agreement (1977)
No Agreement is a very long track that's got a super-catchy chorus, and some great jazzy playing by Africa 70, who are led at this point by Tony Allen...
Too many people have focused on the beautiful simplicity of the lyrics that make up the masterpiece No Agreement. And they would not be wrong. When Fela moans, My Mama talk, Your Papa talk, you know Baba 70 is feeling the pain for his people.
Our ignorance... our ignorance.
Yet it is Dog Eat Dog that even more of us have casually ignored simply because it is an instrumental. Dog Eat Dog is an absolute masterpiece. Playing this track for the first time in 10 odd years was like the feeling you get when you unwrap delicious smelling moin-moin from its fresh green leaves. It is pure class. It is Baba at his band-leader best.
It was recorded back in the days when he still had to vocally instruct Africa 70 but that notwithstanding it's still all about very tight musical arrangement. Improve the quality of your life and listen with intent.
Lester Bowie (from his brother's Defunkt) guests on the track, and Fela's on piano, sax tenor and alto.
Enjoy it!
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Post je objavljen 06.12.2008. u 23:45 sati.